The Real Madrid manager, Luxemburgo, spread his hands helplessly. He found that his team seemed so powerless in the process of conceding the goal! The defense of the entire midfield was practically non-existent!
He was surprised.
He was not surprised by the goal concede, but by how easy it was to concede the goal. The opponent passed the ball four times and shot, and the goal was scored.
To be honest, Sporting de Gijón's attack was very simple, and the routine was not complicated. Once they got the ball, they quickly counterattacked. They absolutely did not drag their feet in the midfield. Several players in the front field passed the ball and moved their positions in an instant, tearing apart Real Madrid's defense and finally completing a fatal blow.
At this moment, Luxemburgo was not without a trace of regret. He had too much faith in his players' ability to control the game, so much so that he believed that Real Madrid's star players would be able to seize the possible loopholes after Sporting de Gijón's blind pursuit of speed. He hoped that Sporting de Gijón would be able to trap themselves in a cocoon. In fact, it was Real Madrid who had trapped themselves in a cocoon.
Luxemburgo understood that he had not been able to respond in time and had buried a hidden danger for the goal concede.
Luxemburgo turned his head and muttered something to his assistant, then walked to the sidelines and stared at the field with a frown.
They had conceded the goal so early, and Sporting de Gijón had the initiative on the field. The situation was not good.
*****
Seeing Luxemburgo call Gravesen to the sidelines to instruct him, Li Ang had a strange smile on his face.
Li Ang knew Gravesen well. The Danish player was not only physically strong and had outstanding running ability, but also had excellent passing and dribbling skills. On the Everton team, Gravesen was the absolute core of the midfield. Not only did he take on most of the defensive tasks in the team's midfield, but he could also actively plug forward in the offense and use passes to create threats.
He was a ferocious and well-rounded player.
However, after coming to Real Madrid, the Dane quickly understood his position and role in Real Madrid. Real Madrid had offensive superstars such as Figo, Zidane, and so on. They did not need him at all in the offense. Real Madrid bought him to play the role of a defensive barrier in the midfield.
Therefore, after coming to Real Madrid, he changed his habit of organizing the offense at Everton. Gravesen was well-behaved on the field. His decisiveness when he snatched the ball and simplicity when he passed the ball even earned the Dane the titles of "the police officer who maintains order in the midfield" and "the new leader of Real Madrid's midfield."
In fact, Gravesen's performance was not as good as these two "nicknames" reflected. In many cases, due to Real Madrid's powerful offensive strength, Gravesen, who played as a single defensive midfielder, had nothing to do on the field. When Gravesen got the ball, no defensive player stopped him or interfered with him because the opponent knew that his pass would not pose a threat to the goal.
Under such circumstances, the Real Madrid fans still gave Gravesen such a high evaluation. In Li Ang's view, it was a psychological factor. The Real Madrid people were too eager for a strong midfielder, which reflected the desire of the Real Madrid fans for Makelele's image in the past two seasons. However, the reflection in reality was a little exaggerated.
Therefore, in Li Ang's eyes, Gravesen's performance could only be said to be well-behaved and far less powerful than the Madrid media praised him. Li Ang had at least prepared several plans to deal with Real Madrid's real defensive player.
Therefore, when he saw Luxemburgo instructing Gravesen, Li Ang could guess that he wanted the Dane to provide further protection for the midfield, even though he did not hear what they said.
But what was the use?
Gravesen could not do it alone!
On the other hand, on Sporting de Gijón's side, Carlos had Modric to help, and Hierro would also assist when needed. Today, Sporting de Gijón's tactics pursued speed. They quickly passed through the midfield and did not entangle too much in the middle and backfield. This also meant that the two full backs, Grosso and Ivanovic, were not given too much of the task of pressing and assisting. This also increased the defensive strength of the middle and backfield to the greatest extent!
This was the biggest difference between the two teams.
*****
There were many factors that affected a game, one of which was the psychological state.
Thanks to Li Ang, the Real Madrid people witnessed the "radical" tactical mobilization of the Gijon people, which angered some of the Real Madrid players, especially the Real Madrid captain, Guti, who gritted his teeth to win the game.
After conceding the goal, Guti only had one thought in his mind: score a goal!
He wanted to equalize the score as soon as possible, then continue to score, overtake the score, and score more goals!
Guti kept raising his hand to ask for the ball, and at the same time, he kept shouting for his teammates to press on. Real Madrid's captain began to be very active at one point. Among Real Madrid's attacking players in the front field, he took the ball more and more often.
"Guti! He's dribbling the ball! Modric has been passed! He's still dribbling the ball … a successful defense! Carlos broke the ball out of the sideline. "González shook his head and said," He should have passed the ball earlier. "
"Pass the ball? He can't wait to dribble the ball directly into the opponent's goal. " As soon as Dagestino's voice fell, Real Madrid's sideline ball reached Guti's feet after two or three passes. He pretended to break through, then glanced to the left, but pulled the ball back and passed it to the right in the opposite direction. This not only deceived Ivanovic, who was defending him, but also Solari, who had no intention of moving to the right at all.
Li Ang almost laughed out loud on the sidelines. He did not deny that Guti was a very talented player, but this player often had some unexpected "free play" on the field. If he played well, it was called "amazing creativity." If he did not play well, it would be self-defeating, such as this time.
*****
Guti's pass did not find Solari, but it was intercepted by Grosso.
"Sporting de Gijón's counterattack is coming again!" The commentator shouted.
Grosso passed the ball directly to Carlos, who also did not stop the ball at his feet. With a long diagonal pass, the ball was given to Mata. This time, Mata and Ribéry suddenly switched positions. The former went to the left flank.
Mata faced Gravesen, who came up to interfere. He had no intention of passing Gravesen. He passed the ball directly to Modric.
Then, Mata bypassed Gravesen and continued to run forward.
"He's speeding up!" Dagestino shouted.
That's right, he sped up!
When Mata desperately plugged forward, Ribéry also plugged forward from the right flank.
Gravesen was really desperate at this time. He had just been shaken by Mata. Now that he saw the football at Modric's feet, he immediately pounced.
Modric did not give Gravesen a chance to entangle. He directly passed the ball over the top. It was a mid-range pass. The target was Mata, who had just passed the ball to him.
Mata stopped the ball with his chest during his run. After a little adjustment, he sped up and dribbled the ball.
After a few steps, he saw Helguera pounce fiercely. Helguera's goal was clear. He would either stop Mata's breakthrough, or block Mata's shot, or his last resort was to decisively foul the kid before he entered the penalty area!
Mata did not shoot or break through. He passed the ball.
*****
The player who received the ball was Sporting de Gijón's Italian striker, Di Natale.
The Italian striker's positioning was beautiful. He had just been on the flank, and now he was in the middle to provide support.
Guti's loss of the ball in the front field was so sudden that Real Madrid's defensive line did not have time to complete the deployment. In Real Madrid's penalty area, there was only the center back Samuels, and then there was Casillas in front of the goal.
Facing the only defender in the opponent's penalty area, Di Natale showed everyone his football talent!
The Italian striker was seen to pull the ball as he received the ball, so that he faced the goal head-on. At the same time, he successfully blocked Samuels behind him, which made the latter immediately hesitate to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases. He did not dare to act rashly.
When the Real Madrid fans saw Sporting de Gijón's several passes, they once again charged into their penalty area, and Di Natale actually managed to face the goal head-on in the penalty area at this time, everyone fell into a desperate panic. Some people even held their heads in their hands in advance, unable to bear to watch anymore.
Luxemburgo stood expressionlessly on the sidelines with his hands crossed over his chest. It was impossible to tell what his mood was at this moment from his face. Perhaps the Brazilian coach was still hoping for a miracle: Looking forward to Saint Casillas's heroic play?!
Di Natale had just turned to face the goal. He kicked the ball with his foot and looked like he was going to continue dribbling the ball to the goal. Then, he suddenly shot a low shot directly!
The shot was very clever. He did not deliberately pursue the angle. He pursued speed and shot a powerful low shot!
At the same time, Samuels shoveled down. However, the defender did not dare to make a move in the penalty area. He could only wait for the opponent's striker to make a move before he made a move. There was only one result: he did not touch anything except air.
The football stuck to the turf and swept towards the goal at an extremely fast speed.
Casillas judged that Di Natale would continue dribbling for two more steps, so he immediately abandoned the goal to attack. He had just rushed out two steps when he saw Di Natale shoot. He knew that he had been fooled. The Spanish national goalkeeper, who reacted quickly, fell to the ground to save. Although his reaction was fast enough, he was still half a beat slower. Before his body fell to the ground and made contact with the ground, the football had already swept past. It was so fast that it did not reduce its power, so much so that it rolled up the net.
*****
“Goooool！”
"Di Natale! Di Natale! The second one! "
"It's incredible! Sporting de Gijón's start is just like a dream! "
"In the 19th minute of the game, Gijón leads Real Madrid by two goals!"
"Guti's pass in the front field is a mistake. Gijón's quick counterattack! Real Madrid's defensive line has been beaten into a sieve! "
"No one expected this score. Real Madrid is like an old car that is still warming up after starting the engine. Before it can start moving, it has already been circled twice by the opponent!"
The commentators were all excited and used their excited words to describe all of this.
In Real Madrid's technical area, Luxemburgo shook his hands angrily. This goal concede made him very angry.
On the other side, Sporting de Gijón's counterattack reached Di Natale. When Di Natale beautifully stopped the ball and turned around, allowing himself to successfully block Samuels behind him, Li Ang stood up from his seat like the others around him. He raised his arms and waited to cheer.
Then, when the goal was scored, Li Ang immediately rushed out of the technical area. He stood on the sidelines with his arms raised high. His face was arrogant, wild, and flamboyant!
Behind him was the boiling El Molinón stadium. The crazed cheers of 30,000 fans made the earth seem to tremble.
Li Ang raised two fingers. It was a gesture that Real Madrid people were very familiar with. It had once appeared at the Bernabéu. It was a scene that countless Real Madrid people hated.
For Li Ang, any chance to beat Real Madrid, or even humiliate Real Madrid, would make him inexplicably excited!
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